Leaving Certificate: Higher Level Maths Discussion

Peregrine · 06-06-2014 05:49PM

In one of the very last parts, it said something like show that it increases with time and mine was decreasing

I think I now know why though..

ms.tinx · 06-06-2014 05:49PM

Im gonna have 2 get like an A in paper 2 to make up for this crappy exam... anyone else in the same boat?

Daniel2590 · 06-06-2014 05:49PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Was the third root in q2
3/2 or something like that ... Can't remember exactly what I got . Could be plus or minus

Yeah I got that, think it was + but not sure :pac:

robman60 · 06-06-2014 05:50PM

The marking scheme for last year's paper deducted one mark for people saying 8915 years when the required two significant figures (8900) so I imagine it would be the same this time.

EoghanIRL · 06-06-2014 05:50PM

Daniel2590 wrote: »

Yeah I got that, think it was + but not sure :pac:

53 degrees for angle using cosine rule ?

Huell · 06-06-2014 05:50PM

Ehh ok paper, sequences and series was tough i thought. Our examiner started 4 mins late and finished at 4:30 its bull**** tbh i know its only 4 mins but so much can be done then

Shane15 · 06-06-2014 05:51PM

ms.tinx wrote: »

Im gonna have 2 get like an A in paper 2 to make up for this crappy exam... anyone else in the same boat?

Yes me too. I'm gutted.

Daniel2590 · 06-06-2014 05:52PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

53 degrees for angle using cosine rule ?

I used the tan theta with slopes formula but yeah 53°

aleatorio · 06-06-2014 05:52PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Was the third root in q2
3/2 or something like that ... Can't remember exactly what I got . Could be plus or minus

Yep that's what I got!

And I got 53 for the angle between the lines?

Delightfully Bright · 06-06-2014 05:53PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

53 degrees for angle using cosine rule ?

I got 53 degrees by finding the slopes of the lines and using a formula in the log tables.

siobhaanx · 06-06-2014 05:53PM

Did anybody get the question with the rectangle? It something was like PB^2+PA^2+PC^2 = 3x^2....., I got two of the sides but there was one I couldn't figure out one because it wasn't a in a right angle?

eefah · 06-06-2014 05:53PM

So in light of this paper, what do we need to know for paper 2? Anything that comes up on both papers that wasnt tested here ...?

Daniel2590 · 06-06-2014 05:54PM

I nearly missed the last question on the first page asking to draw the graph of the line :pac: saw it with like 30 seconds left

Mr Pseudonym · 06-06-2014 05:54PM

Geog paper just gone up.

siobhaanx · 06-06-2014 05:54PM

Delightfully Bright wrote: »

I got 53 degrees by finding the slopes of the lines and using a formula in the log tables.

I did that as well, got the same answer

scallway · 06-06-2014 05:54PM

Some answers I got:
53 degrees on Q2
1 for average value
2 for a on Q6
4 for k on Q7
240 for the area on Q8
77 for a on Q9, -.0339 for k I think!

BlueWolf16 · 06-06-2014 05:55PM

guys, the geography paper has just been uploaded, hopefully that means maths is next.

Daniel2590 · 06-06-2014 05:55PM

siobhaanx wrote: »

Did anybody get the question with the rectangle? It something was like PB^2+PA^2+PC^2 = 3x^2....., I got two of the sides but there was one I couldn't figure out one because it wasn't a in a right angle?

You had to make 3 right angle triangles, one had sides 2 and x, 2 and 7-x and then 2 and 5-x I think off the top of my head.

Huell · 06-06-2014 05:57PM

its up!

forlifebaby · 06-06-2014 05:57PM

So I finally decided to make this account cause fXxxxx that maths paper didn't even cover the dynamics of paper 1 fully. I thought questions 1/2/3 were pretty easy however it went downhill after that for me. I knew series and sequences well but only quadratic, cubic and geometric. And weren't part 1 and part 2 of the series and sequences question pretty much the same? I also was severely caught on question 8, the one with that weird parabola or whatever it was. How did ye get D and E? I think I got the answer but I am not sure. I thought the last question was though.

Overall, I feel sceptic about this paper. I am a B1-A2 student and I think I barely passed this paper. :"( I am not upset but genuinely angry with the chief examiner or whoever he is. LOL.

Can we start talking about paper 2 and what we need to revise? I am too caught up with not seeing Area and Volume and Financial Maths in todays paper.

aleatorio · 06-06-2014 05:58PM

siobhaanx wrote: »

Did anybody get the question with the rectangle? It something was like PB^2+PA^2+PC^2 = 3x^2....., I got two of the sides but there was one I couldn't figure out one because it wasn't a in a right angle?

Yeah I didn't know how to get that last side

Nicke011 · 06-06-2014 05:58PM

scallway wrote: »

Some answers I got:
53 degrees on Q2
1 for average value
2 for a on Q6
4 for k on Q7
240 for the area on Q8
77 for a on Q9, -.0339 for k I think!

53 degrees on Q2
240 for the area on Q8
77 for a on Q9, -.0339 for k
I remember those, i got the same

But I can't remember other questions you wrote

I did everything except Q2 a) and Q8 last two parts, I think it was completing the square but I couldn't do it the last few minutes

anyone got those?

Solid_Shepard · 06-06-2014 05:58PM

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

In one of the very last parts, it said something like show that it increases with time and mine was decreasing

I think I now know why though..

Mine was too; any idea where you made the mistake as I seem to have done the same thing and I'm not sure why (I specified why I thought it was decreasing on the paper, but I'm unsure)

Kyro · 06-06-2014 06:00PM

ms.tinx wrote: »

Im gonna have 2 get like an A in paper 2 to make up for this crappy exam... anyone else in the same boat?

Yes I need an A in paper 2 now to not fail my leaving cert.

And I wasn't even worried about maths at all haha

EoghanIRL · 06-06-2014 06:00PM

Daniel2590 wrote: »

I nearly missed the last question on the first page asking to draw the graph of the line :pac: saw it with like 30 seconds left

Good thing it was only a line

TooMuchStudy · 06-06-2014 06:00PM

Did people get D as (10,5) and E as (38,5)

BlueWolf16 · 06-06-2014 06:01PM

How.. what is that thing that is under q6? I swear I've never seen that kind of question ever before in my life.

is the answer, you just substitute n into 1,2,3 and that's it? That's what I did atleast.

Huell · 06-06-2014 06:02PM

TooMuchStudy wrote: »

Did people get D as (10,5) and E as (38,5)

yup

LaughingOwl · 06-06-2014 06:02PM

forlifebaby wrote: »

So I finally decided to make this account cause fXxxxx that maths paper didn't even cover the dynamics of paper 1 fully. I thought questions 1/2/3 were pretty easy however it went downhill after that for me. I knew series and sequences well but only quadratic, cubic and geometric. And weren't part 1 and part 2 of the series and sequences question pretty much the same? I also fly severely caught in question 8, the one with that weird parabola or whatever it was. How did ye get D and E? I think I got the answer but I am not sure. I thought the last question was lovely.

Overall, I feel sceptic about this paper. I am a B1-A2 student and I think I barely passed this paper. :"( I am not upset but genuinely angry with the chief examiner or whoever he is. LOL.

I put the equation equal to 5 and solved for x to get D and E.
As long as you wrote down everything you could you'll be fine. You probably did far better than you think.

robman60 · 06-06-2014 06:02PM

aleatorio wrote: »

Yeah I didn't know how to get that last side

I'm presuming you missed the PB^2.

That was tricky, you had to draw a vertical line from B (I think it was B and that created the third right angled triangle which allowed you to work out the length of the side.

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